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enSocial Housing Green Paper: failing families on low incomeshttps://www.jrf.org.uk/press/social-housing-green-paper-failing-families-low-incomes
After today#39;s release of the Social Housing Green Paper,Campbell Robb, Chief Executive of the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation said:
14th Aug 2018Daniel Wright, Calum Masters12356To open up democracy, people in poverty must have real powerhttps://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/open-democracy-people-poverty-must-have-real-power
How can people who have been excluded from power play an equal role? Claire Ainsley suggests three ideas for reforming democracy.
10th Aug 2018Claire Ainsley12353Community Development Workerhttps://www.jrf.org.uk/job-vacancy/community-development-worker
Salary - 20,748 per annum
Hours - 35 hours per week
Location - Hartfields, Hartlepool
Term - Permanent
10th Aug 201812352Project Manager (The Homestead)https://www.jrf.org.uk/job-vacancy/project-manager-homestead
Salary - 34,525 per annum
Hours - 35 per week
Location - The Homestead, York
Term - 12 month Fixed term
10th Aug 201812351Tackling transport-related barriers to employment in low-income neighbourhoodshttps://www.jrf.org.uk/report/tackling-transport-related-barriers-employment-low-income-neighbourhoods
This report gives three actions that need to be taken to ensure public transportenables rather than constrainspeoplewho are returning to work.
6th Aug 201812308Families in the North locked out of jobs market by ‘unaffordable and unreliable’ local transporthttps://www.jrf.org.uk/press/families-north-locked-out-jobs-market
Unaffordable and unreliable local public transport is limiting access to job opportunities for residents of low-income neighbourhoods in two of the largest cities in the North of England, according to the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
6th Aug 2018Daniel Wright, Calum Masters12349Families in Glasgow locked out of jobs market by ‘unaffordable and unreliable’ local transporthttps://www.jrf.org.uk/press/families-glasgow-locked-out-jobs-market
Unaffordable and unreliable local public transport is limiting access to job opportunities for residents of low-income neighbourhoods in the Glasgow City Region, according to the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
6th Aug 2018Daniel Wright, Calum Masters12350How well is Universal Credit supporting people in Glasgow?https://www.jrf.org.uk/call-for-proposal/how-well-universal-credit-supporting-people-glasgow
As Universal Credit full service is rolled out in Glasgow, JRF want to hear from claimants, work coaches and local support agencies about what is working well, and what needs to change, to help drive improvements to policy and practice.
3rd Aug 201812347Maintain focus on struggling renters - JRF responds to rise in interest rateshttps://www.jrf.org.uk/press/maintain-focus-struggling-renters-jrf-responds-rise-interest-rates
Responding to news that the Bank of England has raised the base rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, Ashwin Kumar, Chief Economist at the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation said:
2nd Aug 2018Harriet Anderson, Daniel Wright12345Administrator (The Homestead)https://www.jrf.org.uk/job-vacancydministrator-homestead
Salary - 19,091 per annum
Hours - Full time – 35 hours per week
Location - The Homestead, York
Term - Permanent
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